1908 Cleveland Naps season

The 1908 Cleveland Naps season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 90–64, just one-half game behind the Detroit Tigers. The Naps finished with the same number of wins as the Tigers, but with one additional loss. By the standard of the era, that gave the Tigers the pennant.

1908 Cleveland Naps
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersCharles Somers
ManagersNap Lajoie
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Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 9063 0.588 — 44–33 46–30
Cleveland Naps 9064 0.584 ½ 51–26 39–38
Chicago White Sox 8864 0.579 1½ 51–25 37–39
St. Louis Browns 8369 0.546 6½ 46–31 37–38
Boston Red Sox 7579 0.487 15½ 37–40 38–39
Philadelphia Athletics 6885 0.444 22 46–30 22–55
Washington Senators 6785 0.441 22½ 43–32 24–53
New York Highlanders 51103 0.331 39½ 30–47 21–56

Record vs. opponents
1908 American League record

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYH PHA SLB WSH
Boston —6–16–110–1211–1112–1010–1215–711–11
Chicago 16–6–1—8–14–19–1316–613–911–1015–6–2
Cleveland 12–1014–8–1—13–916–616–6–111–11–18–14
Detroit 11–1113–99–13—15–714–8–112–1016–5
New York 10–126–166–167–15—8–14–15–179–13
Philadelphia 12–109–136–16–18–14–114–8–1—8–13–111–11
St. Louis 7–1510–1111–11–110–1217–513–8–1—15–7–1
Washington 11–116–15–214–85–1613–911–117–15–1—

Roster
1908 Cleveland Naps
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CNig Clarke9729070.241127
1BGeorge Stovall138534156.292245
2BNap Lajoie157581168.289274
SSGeorge Perring8931067.216019
3BBill Bradley148548133.243146
OFBill Hinchman137464107.231659
OFJoe Birmingham12241388.213238
OFJosh Clarke131492119.242121

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Harry Bemis9127762.224033
Terry Turner6020148.239019
Charlie Hickman6519746.234216
Wilbur Good4615443.279114
Dave Altizer298919.21305
Elmer Flick9358.22902
Rabbit Nill11235.21701
Grover Land8163.18802
Otto Hess9140.00000
Denny Sullivan460.00000
Deacon McGuire141.25002
Homer Davidson940.00000
Harry Bay200----00

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Addie Joss42325.024111.16130
Bob Rhoads37270.018121.7762
Glenn Liebhardt38262.015162.20146
Heinie Berger29199.11382.12101
Charlie Chech27165.21171.7451
Jake Thielman1161.2433.6515
Cy Falkenberg846.1243.8817
Bill Lattimore424.0124.505

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jack Ryan835.2112.277
Ed Foster621.0102.1411
Walter Clarkson23.10010.801

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Otto Hess40005.142
Jack Graney20005.400

References
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